In the evening, Cao Zhong was sitting leisurely in the courtyard drinking tea, and suddenly the gate was kicked open, but seeing Huai'an leading a group of soldiers, Zhang Arrest Order was thrown on his head, and several people came forward and couldn't help but say that they would catch him.

"Why are you here again?" Cao Zhong was arrested in a daze, and wondered at him, "Brother-in-law, are you addicted to catching me, do you have a crush on me?"

Huai'an glanced sideways: "Cao Zhong, kill people, you fall into my hands, you are dead, take it away!"

At the sound of an order, the soldiers immediately dragged him out, he was not convinced, and struggled to shout: "Who did I kill, you tell me clearly, Ah Hui has been confirmed to be a suicide, don't dare to lie about history, you don't want to declare personal vendettas." ”

"Hmph, suicide?" Huai An waved his hand, made several people stop, walked up to him, and said coldly, "The history of the inspection is not lying, but he didn't check carefully." ”

It's really common for a maid to be too lazy to check some inspection history.

Rolling up his sleeves, Huai An smiled: "So, I'll go and check it out." ”

"You...... Are you going to check the body?" Cao Zhong showed disgust and took a step back, for fear that he would be next to him.

But Huai'an moved closer to him, slapped his face and said, "The result of the inspection, the murderer is you." ”

"Brother-in-law, you have to talk about evidence. Cao Zhong said impatiently, "Hurry up, hurry up, come to me to make trouble again, I want to ask Siru to go to Meng's house to talk about it." ”

"This time, even if my mother quarrels with the Meng family, you can't get out of it, take it away!"

When it came to the Yamen trial, Cao Zhong refused to admit his guilt.

With a wave of his hand, someone brought a porcelain plate, and he lifted the curtain covering it, revealing a pair of embroidered shoes with blue cloth.

"What's wrong with these shoes?" Cao Zhong asked.

"This is what the dead were wearing. ”

"And then?"

"Although there is no water under the bridge hole, it is all silt, if the deceased commits suicide there, the feet should be contaminated with mud, but these shoes are clean, even if she was in a good mood before committing suicide, and hired a sedan chair or carriage, to hang herself comfortably, but she also had to go under the bridge by herself, and the soles of her feet could not be spotless, and these shoes prove that the deceased was moved there after death and hanged. ”

After hearing this, Cao Zhong glanced at the shoes and paused: "Even if she was killed, it doesn't prove that the murderer is me." ”

Huai'an waved his hand again, and someone came up with a plate and opened it, and there were a few strands of filament.

"This was found in the deceased's fingernails, I have checked, and the curtain in your room is of the same material, your curtain is specially customized by Qinghefang, and Xuncheng is only used by your family. ”

"Ah Hui did get along with me in my room before she left, but so what, just because she saw me before she died, it can't prove that I killed someone, right?"

Huai'an smiled and waved again.

Seeing this, Cao Zhong said coldly: "I think you can still move something out of her?"

This time, he really didn't take anything out of the deceased, he just moved the body out.

The curtain was lifted, and the corpse was still lying face down, and its hair was scattered from behind, which was even more terrifying.

Cao Zhonghe then took a few steps back: "What are you going to do?"

"Move the evidence. The person in front of him smiled at him, "The first evidence proves that the deceased was killed, the second proves that she met you before she died, and the third proves that you killed the person." ”

After Huai'an finished speaking, he brushed the corpse's hair, revealing the back of the neck, there were obvious strangulation marks on both sides of the neck, consistent with the front, it was the hemp rope that hung her, and there were some red marks on the back of the neck, and there was a spine fracture, which was caused by the head hanging down for a long time when she was hanged.

But all the people who hang themselves will have different degrees of fracture in the neck and spine, because it is inside, no blood can be seen, and only more or less red marks can be seen, so the examination history thinks that this red mark is caused by the fracture of the spine, not to mention that Cao Zhong's strength was biased upwards when he originally strangled people, and he deliberately forged the traces of hanging, he did not arouse suspicion, and it was normal.

In fact, if Cao Zhong hadn't confessed it himself, Huai'an might not have found out.

He pointed to the red mark: "If someone wants to strangle the deceased to death, and has to imitate the state of hanging, the rope must be put in from the front of the deceased's neck, and then pulled backwards, and a living person, without pulling force, will not die easily, the murderer wants to exert force, both hands have to resist the back of the deceased's neck to borrow force, this red mark, is the murderer with his fingers pressed the back of the neck to borrow force." ”

"There is some truth in what you said, but what does it have to do with me?" Cao Zhong glanced at the corpse twice, and was about to refute, but suddenly remembered something, and his words stopped abruptly.

Suddenly, he took a few steps back, desperately trying to break free from the shackles that bound his hands.

But it was too late, Huai'an stepped forward, pinched his left hand, and stared at the leather white jade wrench: "The Tang Emperor carved the lettering, there is a piece missing, there is only one in the world, you have worn it for a long time, and you never leave your hand...... All this evidence is your own statement!"

After that, his expression was dazed, he shook off his hand, and continued: "The red mark on the back of the corpse's neck is exactly the shape of the wrench, the gap is completely consistent, and the wrench has been worn on the right hand throughout the ages, and you are used to wearing the left hand, and the wrench mark is on the left, Cao Zhong, the evidence of your murder is conclusive, and you should be punished according to the law!"

Cao Zhong was dumbfounded on the spot, and it took a long time to react.

The evidence is here, and there is no way to defend it, and after a long time, he shouted angrily: "Who told her to blackmail me by pretending to be pregnant with a child, I won't kill her, hum!"

Huai'an then commanded to the left and right: "Since you admit it, then take it down and execute it." ”

After saying this, Cao Zhong was stupid again: "What do you mean, you want my life?"

"Of course. The people in the hall looked at the people around them, "Do it!"

The official next to him didn't react: "This is the execution?"

"Otherwise, what else is the process, or ...... Do you want to burn incense and worship?"

"No, no, no. The official nodded hurriedly, and together with a few people, he took the prisoner to the side door, he thought that the two were relatives, and Lord Meng would show mercy to his subordinates or something, but in this way, his family is really a good official, he did not bend the law for personal gain, and the execution did not hesitate at all.

Of course, he didn't know that his family had a grudge against this prisoner in his heart.

But who knows, before he went out, suddenly someone outside the yamen announced: "Master Shang Shufu is here." ”

That Cao Zhong was overjoyed, and when he turned around and saw Huai'an's stunned expression when he got up in a panic, he couldn't help but be proud, and was about to shout, but saw Huai'an look over first, and pointed to him left and right: "Why don't you take it down?"

"Master Fu is here, do you still dare to touch me?" Cao Zhong sneered.

"Why don't you dare, do you have anything to do with it, is it that he suddenly visited, or did it not work for you?"

"Of course it's for me......"

Before Cao Zhong's words were finished, Huai'an saw that Master Fu had walked in, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Plug his mouth, don't make any noise to adults, take it away quickly, and be sharp." ”

The words that Cao Zhong was about to shout were quickly stuffed back with a rag, and he was taken out of the interrogation hall in a hurry.

After a while, they came to give Huai'an his life.

After the man returned, Master Fu happened to have arrived.

Huai'an got up and saluted, and Lord Fu was polite: "No need to be polite, this official is...... I happened to pass by, it was really hot outside, and I wanted to come in to escape the heat, and I heard that Lord Meng was interrogating the prisoner here today, and I wanted to take the opportunity to watch and learn, so I was not invited. ”

Then he looked around and asked, "What about the prisoner?"

"If you want to come and see, don't say sooner, I've already executed this person. Huai'an said, ordering someone to hand over a cup of tea.

Master Fu forgot to blow cold, and his mouth was burned with a sip of tea, which hindered his face, and it was difficult to spit it out, so he swallowed it hard, and felt that his internal organs were all noisy.

He settled down, kept smiling, put down the teacup and got up: "In this case, the official will leave first." ”

"My lord, I'm leaving, don't drink more tea?"

The soles of Fuku's feet slipped and his throat began to hurt, and he waved his hand and quickly left.

After Cao Zhong's death, his dozen concubines and some subordinates saw that Meng Siru was weak, so they divided up the Cao family's property, sold the house and divided it, and then dispersed in a hurry.

Meng Siru was kicked out by the new owner of the house with Huan'er in her arms, and there was nothing left except for a suit of clothes.

She had no choice but to return to Meng's house.

Now that Huan'er is tightly held in her arms, and Cao Zhong has died in Huangquan, she dares to tell about being abused by Cao Zhong, at first Pan Lanfang didn't believe it, because many people have seen it with their own eyes, she is obviously well served in the Cao family.

Meng Siru explained that those subordinates were clearly serving, but in fact, they were all surveillance, and they were very dedicated in front of outsiders, and they immediately changed their faces when they returned to Cao's house, and she didn't dare to say anything because she was afraid that Huan'er would be hurt.

Pan Lanfang was still skeptical, until Si Ru showed the scars on her body, she had to believe it, and the whole person was stunned for an instant, as if some belief had been broken, and she couldn't speak.

The old lady was also distressed when she saw this, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she first complained to Siru: "Why didn't you say it last time you came back, even if someone next to you was watching, revealing a little bit of the letter, we may not understand, no matter how bad it is, you ask a reliable person to send us a message, these methods are fine, how can you ...... Enduring grievances in vain?"

"I ...... I dare not say. Meng Siru lowered his head.

"You ......," the old lady knocked on the ground with her cane, "Then I also heard that Huai'an has been to Cao's house several times, why don't you tell him that he is going with soldiers, what are you afraid of?"

"I ...... Still don't dare to ......"

"I don't understand, your father is a violent temper, who did you learn from such a gentle temperament?" The old lady blushed angrily, and only scolded her, and her distress was left behind.

Pan Lanfang finally came back to her senses and answered at the right time: "Si Ru is also right to save some face for her husband's family, Cao Zhong was a man with a face before his death. ”

The old lady snorted: "You didn't say that to Hong Xuan at the beginning, in terms of identity, is Cao Zhong comparable to Hong Xuan, you go outside to inquire, which of the people doesn't say the benefits of Hong Xuan when he was an official, you want to say that Hong Xuan has a face, I admit it, this Cao Zhong is a profiteer, what kind of face do you have?"

"Profiteers are not profiteers, they can make money, and they are also capable. Pan Lanfang whispered.

"Si Ru is like this, you still speak for Cao Zhong? I think Si Ru's temperament is mostly learned from you. The old lady looked at her in wonder, "I don't care how rich he is, he treats us Siru and Huan'er like this, I won't recognize him as an uncle, Siru doesn't need to mourn, I said this." ”

After saying that, he knocked on the crutches and got up to leave.

Pan Lanfang hurriedly got up to see her off, supported her and said, "Yes, yes, of course you can't mourn, otherwise it will affect remarriage." ”

She almost fell: "Do you want to marry again?"

"Isn't a woman living just to get married, and if she doesn't marry, it's incomplete. Pan Lanfang replied seriously, "Don't worry, this time I promise to keep an eye on it and pick a good one for her." ”

She hadn't spoken yet, but she heard Meng Siru crying behind her: "I'm not married, I just want to raise Huan'er alone, what if ...... If the Meng family didn't have a bite to eat from me, I would ...... Let's go. ”

"Shut up for me. Pan Lanfang immediately turned around, "The Meng family is indispensable for you to eat, but you have to marry sooner or later, I am doing this for your good, don't know what to do." ”

As soon as she reprimanded, Si Ru didn't dare to speak, biting her lip and sitting down slowly.

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